Scream “Black Nightmare” @ Day Dream

Wednesday Oct 31st

Black halloween party with DJs Iwan (Stadium JKT), Nason, Johny and Dedi dropping grooves for the dead. From11pm

Balinightlife - Bali Moon 18th Anniversary

Bali’s own brand of unique and distinctive liquor, Bali Moon, held their massive 18th birthday bash last week. Crowds came in silky white outfits enjoying a generous freeflow of Bali Moon based cocktails, munchies, a fashion show, outrageous bartender flare show, sexy dancers, door prize and groovy sounds by DJs Nason & Nathan.

Bali Nightlife Club Review ; DAY DREAM

WHERE
Jl. Petitenget 2000xx Kuta – Bali Phone : 62 0361 737 641

OPEN
7am– 2am (Sunday – Thursday) 7am– 3am (Friday & Saturday)
7 Days a week

INTERIOR
Tropical Casual Dining in Chilled & Souled Atmosphere

MUSIC
A daily stimulating set of groovy classic disco, funk & soul with DJs Jonny & Nason

CAPACITY
+ 2000 m2, Outdoor & Indoor
Max. 120 pax (seated) Max. 600 pax (standing)

SOUND SYSTEM
DJ console, sound system in bar and in pool area, will soon use a projector for outdoor movie screenings

HIGHLIGHT
Lounge, large swimming pool, day beds, sun deck, outdoor theatre/cinema, 2 outlet modern bar, international standard kitchen, wireless internet access.

PEAKS
Weekends 9pm-3am

Day Dream Gathering

It was a night dedicated to the media and friends. New club on the block, Day Dream, launched and gathered the who’s who in town to introduce their new premises. Nice set up and pretty busy. Beer, punch, canapés, percussions and DJ Nason’s lounge tunes for the fashion show. They plan on having these gigs every month.

Day Dream - Girl On Top

Daydream starting to make its presence felt on the block, not least with this event dedicated to the ladies entilted appropriately Girl On Top. DJ Nason warmed up the atmosphere with his soulful house music leading everyone’s feet to the dance floor.

f lounge, sentosa, niksoma, daydream - Junction

Aug 16 - 18th

This year’s Junction series flew to new heights, with each and every gig ram-jam with revelers and a quality selection of DJs representing different elements of house music – from soulful garage, to deep house to broken beats to classic disco. Highlights? F-Lounge had its biggest night ever on Thursday, with L.A. spinner Marques Wyatt taking it deep, then on the Friday London based DJ Seiji, a founder member of the Bugz in the Attic collective, totally killed it with a seamless, genre leaping set that took in jazzy hip hop, house (old and new) classics, funk, rock and of course broken beat.

Day Dream Grand Opening

The Draw: the grand opening of the new kid on the block: Day Dream and it was ballistic. The white dress code combined with the venue’s sleek white decor made it feel like Christmas had come early. The crème de la crème of the Jakarta scene was out in force, plus a cosmopolitan mix of expats, local, jet-setters and tourists. Things really kicked off after midnight, with endless drinks and canapes heightening the revelry. A fashion show by Populo was a higlight, while the inimitable DJ Jonny kept it funky behind the decks.

Junction Bali Dance Music Festival

Now in its 3rd year, the dance music festival that turned this island back onto house music returns with no less than six events across five venues over the course of one week. Here’s a taste of what’s to come…

Pippi
DJ Pippi is one of the mainstays of the seminal Balearic sound that sprang from Ibiza. If it wasn’t for the likes of him, Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold et al might never have emerged from their hep-cat rare groove phase and the UK might never have known house. He helms the world famous “Undiscovered Ibiza” mix series – just a few of the 27 compilations he’s put out (never mind the 41 productions and 18 remixes) over his 17 year career, as well as spinning all over the world. www.djpippi.com

Marques Wyatt
When it comes to deep, soulful house, Marquess Wyatt is the West Coast’s guardian. The L.A based DJ/Producer was largely responsible to switching the West on to the music that had taken root in New York and Chicago, planted by the likes of Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles. That was way back in the eighties. These days, his club, DEEP, is pretty much a West Coast institution hosting some of the hottest DJs in the house scene. This is the realness. House music with soul. www.deep-la.com

Nicolas Matar
Last year, Nicolas Matar was one of the mainstays of the Junction, Bali. As those who heard his sets last year can attest, he has a penchant for deep, vocal house, NY Garage and classics. You could look at him sort of like an East Coast counterpart of Wyatt – he owns and plays at Cielo Club, one of the homes of quality house music in New York, renowned for its impeccable sound system and proper house credentials – after all, Francois K is one of the three residents. www.cieloclub.com

Seiji
DJ Seiji is one of the founder members of UK broken beat collective Bugz in the Attic and a prolific producer and remixer of innovative electronic music. He’s worked under a range of monikers, but whatever he calls himself you can be assured of deep, soulful drummatic flavours. He recently produced Roisin Murphy’s new solo album and continues to put out soulful house under the name Homecookin’ London stylee people.
www.myspace.com/seijimusic

Rounding off the line up are DJ B out of Singapore and one of the pioneers of house in Jakarta, DJ Anton, cohorts Hogi and Cream, Kudeta’s Donni One plus Mamsa and Downey.

Saturday 11 August – Kudeta – Day Party DJs Nicolas Matar & Donni One
Thursday 16 August – Niksoma Hotel – Sunset Party 1500 - 2200 DJs Nicolas Matar, Pippi, Anton 200k
Thursday 16 August – F-Lounge – Night Party 2300 – 0600 DJs Seiji and Cream 50k
Friday 17 August – Sentosa – Sunset Party 1400 -2200 DJs Marques Wyatt & Hogi 150k
Friday 17 August – F Lounge – Night Party 2300 – 0600 DJs Downey & Marques Wyatt 50k
Saturday 18 August – Daydream – Sunset Party 1600 – 0300 - DJs Pippi, Seiji, Anton 150k